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French-Iranian academic held in Iran since 2019 back in France: supporters

Fariba Adelkhah was jailed in Tehran in June 2019 and released in February 2023, but banned from travelling abroad. She finally returned to France on 18 October 2023. RFI/Persian

French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah has returned to France, her university said Wednesday, after having been held for nearly five years in Iran in a case that added to tensions between Paris and Tehran.

Adelkhah, who was arrested in June 2019 and convicted on national security charges, had been released from prison in February but had been unable to leave Iran.

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